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A limiting nutrient is when a substance is in short supply, and it is needed more.
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What effects could limiting nutrients have on birds?
They will die off
What are the limiting factors of the region of the Bahamas?
The lack of nutrients in the waters
What is the limiting nutrient for algae growth phosphorus nitrogen or carbon?
All three are limiting nutrients for algae growth, along with light.
What is nitrogen's limiting nutrient?
In Ecology, limiting nutrients are compounds that affect growth or success of a population. One such nutrient, found in marine ecosystems, is nitrogen. Nitrogen IS the limiting nutrient - it does not have one.
What can happen after a lake receives a large amount of limiting nutrients?
an algal bloom.
What is a limiting factor unique to a field planted with corn year after year is mostly likely?
soil nutrients
What is a nonliving limiting factor?
Nonliving limiting factors are also known as abiotic factors. They include the temperature of the air, the temperature of the soil, sunlight intensity, nutrients in the soil, and the speed of the wind.
Why do chemical fertilizers provide nutrients to algae?
Fertilizers contain high concentrations of nitrogen, a limiting nutrient for algae.
When an ecosystem is limited by a single nutrients that either is scarce or cycles very slowly this substance is called a(an)?
limiting nutrient
What do Malabsorptive procedures do?
Malabsorptive procedures help patients lose weight by limiting the amount of nutrients and calories the intestine can absorb
A limiting nutrient is an example of a?
For plants, there are three main limiting factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis. >Light and its intensity >Carbon dioxide concentration >Temperature As for nutrients .. Magnesium is up taken by the plants roots through osmosis in the root hairs.. to help in production of chlorophyll.
What are 5 limiting factors of a marine biome?
1.) One factor is Space. 2.) Another factor is Sunlight.
